“The situation is still the same,” Liam said of his current relationship with Noel. “He’s off doing his cosmic pop and I’m here doing my thing, giving the people what they want. That’s what life has always been about, as far as I’m concerned. If you can do that and you get what you want out of it then that, to me, is nirvana.”

While admitting that the track ‘Dead In The Water’ is a “good tune”, Liam added: “I prefer his first two [High Flying Birds albums]. I like his formula. I don’t think the songs are that good [on his new album], there’s just lots of silly and not even that out there production.”

“People keep going on about how he’s on a journey. It sounds like a shit Kula Shaker.”